Schwabstedt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 24 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	North Sea Treene
Height :	12 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.64 km 2
Residents:	1354 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25876
Area code :	04884
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 116
Office administration address:	Schulweg 19 25866 Mildstedt
Website :	www.schwabstedt.de
Mayor :	Hartmut Jensen ( The Left )
Location of the community Schwabstedt in the district of North Friesland

Schwabstedt ( Danish : Svavsted , Frisian : Swåbstää , Jutland : Svåbste ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

Schwabstedt is a climatic health resort and is located about twelve kilometers southeast of Husum and six kilometers northeast of Friedrichstadt on the lower reaches of the Treene . The federal road 202 runs about five kilometers south from St. Peter-Ording via Friedrichstadt, where it branches off from federal road 5 (Heide-Husum) to Rendsburg .

In addition to Schwabstedt, the localities Hollbüllhuus, Lehmsiek and Schwabstedter Westerkoog belong to the municipality. Lehmsiek is located on a hill between Schwabstedt and Winnert and borders the Lehmsieker Forest and the 631 hectare Wildes Moor nature reserve near Schwabstedt . A small amusement pavilion, the pleasure house , stood there around 1900 .

history

The earliest traces of human activity in the parish are more than 6000 years old. It is a core ax from the Mesolithic (approx. 10,000–4300 BC). A knife made from deer antlers is said to be more than 10,000 years old.

From the Neolithic period (ca. 4300-2300 v. Chr.), As the people of agriculture and livestock lived, have a passage grave and numerous stone axes , chisels , daggers and other equipment from Flint received. In 1950 the remains of a prehistoric forge were found during earthworks. In addition, several burial mounds can be dated to this epoch in which stone burial chambers have been preserved. Other mounds, on the other hand, date from the Early Bronze Age (approx. 2300–1700 / 1600 BC), as suggested by grave goods (bronze knives and daggers). The largest of the prehistoric hills is the "Glockenberg" (not to be confused with the hill of the same name near the parish town of Hude), on which the bell tower of the Schwabstedter St. Jacobi Church stands today. In the village there is a legend that a warrior prince was buried there with his horse. Since the hill has not yet been opened, it is not clear whether it was actually a burial mound or a pre-Christian cult site.
The fact that there were settlements in Schwabstedt in the centuries around the birth of Christ is supported by the remains of vessels that can be attributed to the Iron Age Jastorf culture . Roman glass fragments from the 3rd and 4th centuries AD were also found in a fountain made of heather plagues.

Schwabstedt around 1895

Perhaps a trading center existed in Schwabstedt as early as the Viking Age (approx. 800–1100 AD). At that time, an important trade route ran from the North Sea via Eider and Treene to Hollingstedt , from there over land to Haithabu and on the Schlei further into the Baltic Sea. The well-known pirate Klaus Störtebeker is said to have had a shelter here and buried a huge golden chain.

The Treene near Schwabstedt (South Jutian : Svåbste ) probably formed a language border between Danish and Low German until the 12th century , before it shifted further north to the height of Husum - Schleswig .

In 1268 the Schleswig bishop had to cede his castle Gottorf an der Schlei to the dukes of Schleswig and in return received the ducal share of the southern goeshard . This Andel probably meant the area around Schwabstedt, which has been the episcopal residence since then . In 1318 the fortified bishopric was first referred to as Swauestath . The bishops built the castle and the place next to it. Medieval seals indicate that Schwabstedt even had city rights. However, a corresponding certificate has not been handed down. The place name means abode of Swawi composed of -stedt (altdän. Stath , neudän. Sted , mndt. Stede , nndt. Sted ) and the nickname Swawi dating back similar to Frank or Saxo a tribal names Schwaben / Sweben . An interpretation too Old Norse svāf for spear ( Svafastaðir ≈ place of the spear) is also possible.

After the Reformation in the 16th century, the episcopal possessions became the lordly office of Schwabstedt, whose bailiff resided in Schwabstedt Castle. In 1702, however, the office was merged with the Husum office belonging to the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , which fell to the entire Danish state as a result of the Northern War in 1720 . The now dilapidated castle was demolished a short time later. The road to Seeth was paved with part of the bricks. Another part was built at the southern end of Westerstrasse on the building that was the last where the Bundespost branch was located. The stones that were previously visible have now disappeared behind a panel.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the village made an apparently uninviting impression on travelers. For example, IA Petersen wrote in his hikes through the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg (see bibliography) “... his broken stone paving, which is now exercising vengeance, causes the variations in our movement. Considering ourselves lucky that we do not arrive at the car, otherwise the equipage would most likely fall into the hands of the Rademacher and the blacksmith, we would fall into the hands of a surgeon, we conclude that such people make up Schwabstedt's board of directors ... ”. According to his impressions, the church was in a bad condition: “... That one has a flat, blue-painted wooden ceiling, from which a chandelier hangs down, on which the saying 'All that glitters is not gold' does not fit; we consider it brass, but it can be made of glass, because dirt and dust envelop it ... "

In 1867, a parish land municipality was formed from the area of ​​the parish Schwabstedt . It comprised the eight villages of Fresendelf , Hollbüllhuus, Hude , Ramstedt , Schwabstedt, Schwabstedter Westerkoog, Süderhöft and Wisch . After the estate districts were dissolved, part of the Gottorf (Lehmsiek) forest estate district was incorporated into the Schwabstedt village. In the course of 1934 the parish land communities were dissolved and the village communities formed independent rural communities, including on April 1, 1934 the communities Schwabstedt, Schwabstedter Westerkoog and Hollbüllhuus. The area of ​​the parish land community still forms the parish of Schwabstedt today.

From 1952 to 1959 there was also a small Danish school ( Svavsted danske Skole ) in the village, and the building was later used as a cultural center ( Svavsted Forsamlingshus ) for a few years .

politics

Community representation

Of the 13 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has four seats since the local elections in 2018, the SPD one, the FDP and the WGS electoral community each have three seats, the Left two seats.

mayor

Hartmut Jensen (left) was elected as the new mayor for the 2018–2023 election period. He succeeded Jürgen Meyer (FDP).

Incorporations

The municipality of Schwabstedter Westerkoog was incorporated on January 1, 1975, the Hollbüllhuus municipality on January 1, 1976.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Above blue waves, which are covered with three golden sea leaves in the position 2: 1, in gold between two turned away red keys on red duck albums, in whose beard a cross or a burning candle is cut, a red tower with an open gate, crenellated platform and two circular windows. "

The municipality has its historical seal in the coat of arms, the content of which relates to the medieval history of the place. The castle is reminiscent of the seat of the Schleswig bishops since 1268. The keys on both sides of the castle are the attributes of St. Peter , the patron saint of the Schleswig diocese . The special design of the key beards as a candle and cross also relates to the spiritual roots . The "Dückdalben" are more likely to be parts of a battlement wall as a sign of the city's legal status. The water lilies in today's municipal coat of arms were added to the traditional seal image when it was approved in 1963 to make the difference to the older official coat of arms with the same image content clear.

economy

In addition to agriculture, services and construction companies, tourism ( climatic health resort ) plays an important role.

Attractions

St. Jakobi

Three-part late Gothic winged altar from 1505 in the Church of St. Jakobi

The list of cultural monuments in Schwabstedt includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

The Schwabstedter St. Jacobi Church is a Romanesque stone church built around 1160 with a Gothic vestibule on the north side. For interior include a from the 1807 aborted first Husum Marienkirche purchased for 96 Mark late Gothic triptych , the Theodor Storm 1876 in his novel Aquis submersus describes a late Renaissance - baptism (about 1605) and a pulpit (1606), both of the image Schnitzer Hans Peper made and donated by the Schleswig Bishop Duke Ulrich , a brother of King Christian IV of Denmark , a triumphal cross and a late Gothic choir stalls from the 15th century. To the north of the church there is a bell tower, probably on an old barrow , which was renovated in 1777.

Also worth seeing: J. Carstens house (1789); two granite - landmarks with coat of arms of 1619/1624 (Schwabstedter coat of arms ). Local researcher and doctor Hans Meyer (1904–1986) founded a small museum in the 1960s, which is located in the Treenehaus and is now run by his son.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), baroque composer
• Bendix Friedrich Zinck (1715–1799), town musician, organist and composer

Connected to the community

• Michael Naura (1934–2017), jazz pianist and journalist, lived in the Hollbüllhuus district

Others

In the forest near Schwabstedt there are occurrences of wild garlic , which can possibly be traced back to an artificial planting from which the plant was able to spread in the course of the 19th and / or 20th century. Because of this property, wild garlic is one of the stinzen plants . Since the herb is highly valued by gourmets, wild garlic days have already taken place in Schwabstedt .

literature

• Theodor Meyer: Schwabstedt - then and now. A guide for locals and foreigners. Self-published, 1912.
• Hans Meyer: Schwabstedt - 5000 years of Schwabstedt history. Borbyer Werkstatt Verlag, 3rd edition, Eckernförde 1999, ISBN 3-924964-19-X .
• I. A. Petersen: Hikes through the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. 1839-1847, pp. 257-270.

Web links

Commons : Schwabstedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Schwabstedt community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 9: Schönberg - Tielenhemme . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-926055-91-0 , p. 45 ( dnb.de [accessed July 30, 2020]).
3. ^ Wolfgang Laur: Historical place-name dictionary of Schleswig-Holstein. 2nd edition, Neumünster 1992, p. 589.
4. ^ Johannes Kok: Det danske folkesprog i Sønderjylland. Volume 2, København 1867, p. 388.
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein (Ed.): The population of the communities in Schleswig-Holstein 1867-1970 . Kiel 1972, p. 251 .
6. ↑ Historical municipality register Schleswig-Holstein: Notes on the municipality Schwabstedt (footnote) . ( wiki-de.genealogy.net ).
7. ↑ Historical municipality register Schleswig-Holstein: Notes on the municipality Schwabstedter Westerkoog (footnote) . ( wiki-de.genealogy.net ).
8. ↑ Svavsted Skole . In: Vilhelm La Cour (ed.): Grænsevagten . January 1, 1954, p. 8-10 .
9. ↑ Sydslesvig has registered for parret. Daily newspaper Jydske Vestkysten, accessed on November 3, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Hartmut Jensen: Die Linke provides mayor in SH for the first time. Husumer Nachrichten , accessed on July 1, 2018.
11. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 183 .
12. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
13. ↑ Heinrich Brauer u. a .: The art monuments of the Husum district. Berlin 1939, pp. 236-254; Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Munich 1971, p. 618 f.
14. ^ Hans Meyer: Schwabstedt 5000 years of Schwabstedter history. Schwabstedt 1968.
15. ↑ 1st chapter online
16. ↑ Jazz pianist Michael Naura is dead , ndr.de, February 14, 2017, accessed on February 17, 2017.
17. ↑ Christian Stolz: Archaeological pointer plants: case studies from the Taunus and northern Schleswig-Holstein. Plants as indicators for archaeological find sites: Case studies from the Taunus Mts. and from the northern part of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) (= writings of the working group regional and folklore. 11). 2013, pp. 1–30.